Improvement in sash-cord fasteners



A. J'. CHASE.

SASH CORD FASTENER. I No.179,160. Patented June 27,1876.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-CORD FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 179,160, dated June 27, 1876; application filed November 8, 1875.

To ali whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. CHASE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Devices for Attaching the Cords to Window-Sashes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

By means ot' this invention the hanging of the sash is so simplified that it may be easily removed at -any time for purposes of repair ing and cleaning, and its trst hanging be rendered easier at the same time.

In this invention the knot which ordinarily secures the cord in the sash is dispensed with. The end of the cord is folded around a hollow wedge shaped piece in a smallv band tting into ahole in the edge of the sash, as below described, and the time and trouble necessary in attaching the cord to the sash bythe old method are almost entirely done away with. In the accompanying illustration, Figure l is a vertical section ot window-sash and frame embodying my invention. In this figure one ot' the hands is shown in section, anda side view is presented of the other. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe edge of a portion ot a sash enlarged. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section upon the line'x x. Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a represents a window-sash, and b a frame. In applying' my .invention the sash and frame need no alteration whatever, unless extending the groove j' in the sash to the hole c be deemed analteration. Ot' course it is an easier matter to cut the groove the whole distance tothe hole than to cut it part way and finish it oi'. dis a small metallic band, and eis a hollow wedge-shaped piece.

To attach the cord to the sash, fold the end of the cord around the wedge-shaped piece e, press the cord and wedge into the rear end of the band d, and place the band into the hole c in the edge of the sash.

It makes no difference which side or" the band is uppermost, in whatever position it is placed in the hole the cord will remain rm. The more it is pulled the more tightly it holds in its place.

It will readily be seen, in case the sash is to be removed ior purposes ot' repairing or cleansing, the stop-head upon one side may be removed, and the sash taken out and replaced without trouble', even by a most inexperienced person.

The band, ofcourse, is made to slip easily in and out ot the hole c, and no tying or ad- `justing is necessary when the sash is taken out or when it is replaced.

While the sash is out the device will hangv with the cord tiXed in it, unt-il it is put back into the sash.

This device is more than a -mere substitute for a knot, because it does not need to be removed,` or undone, or separated in any way when a sash is removed or replaced. A substitute for a knot, merely, must necessarily be removed from the cord when the sash is taken out ofthe frame.

Having thus fully describedniy invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf- The combination of' a window-sash, provided with the groovef, extending to the hole c, with the band d, provided with the hollow wedge-shaped piece e, the sash and device de being so arranged that the cord need not be separated from the band d when the sash is removed or replaced, as above specied.

ANDREW J. CHASE.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, AJOHN H. GATELY. 

